Walmart has submitted to Green Bay planners this rendering of its proposed retail superstore in the downtown Broadway shopping district.

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Walmart has suffered another setback in its effort to build a big-box retail store in the Broadway shopping district of downtown Green Bay.

The city's Plan Commission voted Monday to recommend denying the retailer a zoning change to build its 154,000-square-foot store on the Larsen Green industrial site.

The recommendation now goes before the Green Bay City Council, which will have the final decision on a development controversy that has stirred emotional debate about the future of a prime chunk of downtown real estate. ...